This is whereby the monetary authority has no commitment whatsoever to support a given rate of exchange but the forces of demand and supply determine the rate.
i. Clean Float
This is a floating exchange rate whereby the central bank does not intervene at all in the forex market by buying or setting foreign currency.
ii. Dirty Float/Managed Float
This is a floating exchange rate whereby the central bank intervenes under extreme market reactions to stabilize forex markets.
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